Elizabeth Boham, MD
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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Eating Healthy Actually Costs Less
We’ve all noticed the explosion of cheap processed foods, and sometimes even water can cost more than soda. So, how is it possible that eating healthy actually costs less? It all depends on how we measure the cost of food. As a physician and nutritionist, I have been fighting this perception that healthy foods cost…
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Getting to the Root: Tackling SIBO with Functional Medicine
You may have heard the word “SIBO” thrown around, but you’re not quite sure what it means. At The UltraWellness Center, SIBO is something we see a lot of. It stands for small intestine bacterial overgrowth, which means the bacteria that are supposed to be lower in the gastrointestinal tract have crept up to…
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Navigating the Intersection of Stress, Pain, and Addiction: Seeing Hope Through the Lens of Functional Medicine
IFM’s Annual International Conference The 2019 Annual International Conference for the Institute for Functional Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, was, as always, a wonderful time to connect with friends, colleagues, and like-minded health care providers. It was also full of great lectures that provided us with tools to help our patients who are struggling…
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Getting to the Root: A Functional Approach to ADHD
All of us know someone struggling with ADHD. This common disorder poses many challenges for the person affected, but the good news is that there are plenty of actions that can be taken to reduce symptoms, increase attention and focus, and support brain health. On this episode of Getting to the Root, Dr. Elizabeth Boham…
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Getting to the Root | Episode 3 | Supporting the Immune System
In our third episode of Getting to the Root, Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Physician Assistant Kristin Boyt explore how we can support the immune system. Cold and flu season is a great time of year to focus on immunity, but there are plenty of other reasons to make it a priority all year long, like…
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Could it be your thyroid?
On paper, the thyroid, that small gland in your neck, may seem unimposing. However, the organ and the hormones it produces are more important to the functioning and wellbeing of the body than they may seem. Responsible for growth, metabolism, and the functioning of nearly every tissue in the body, your thyroid may be to…
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Getting to the Root: Perimenopause
It’s here! Our second edition of the new Getting to the Root video series. In this collection of short videos, our very own Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Physician Assistant Kristin Boyt will explore hot topics around health that our UltraWellness Center patients ask about the most. In this episode, they dive into perimenopause. Women…
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Our Exciting New Video Series: Getting to the Root
We’re so excited to announce a new project here at The UltraWellness Center. Our Getting to the Root Series will be bringing you in-depth discussions, on video, that dig into the topics our patients ask about most. We’ll review how we help patients heal, what kinds of tests are most useful for specific conditions, and…
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Top 5 Foods to Support Your Immune System
The holidays are fast approaching, and with it comes flu season. No one wants to ruin their holiday by catching a cold or the flu! One of the best ways to keep these infections away is to use food to strengthen your immune system. These five foods can be used to prevent viruses from invading…
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My Top 5 Supplements for Breast Health
Honestly, supplements are not the first place I focus when I am working with a woman who wants to decrease her risk of getting breast cancer. I work with women to improve their lifestyle (which you can read about here) and lower their exposure to toxins, estrogens, and body fat. But, there are a few…
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Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility
Dealing with infertility is an overwhelming, confusing, and heartbreaking issue for an estimated 10% of women in the US who are between the ages of 15 and 44. It’s defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year of trying for women less than 35 years of age, or six months for those who…
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Infertility
When having trouble conceiving, it can be really difficult to decide what the best steps towards finding help can be. In Functional Medicine, we look to get to the individual’s underlying root cause of imbalances within their body. When we are able to do this, we can be more successful in our treatment. For many…
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How Gratitude Saved My Life
After being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the young age of 30, I found myself shocked and confused. I was “Miss Prevention.” I embraced all the right habits that were supposed to keep me healthy and disease-free throughout life; I exercised, ate well, and talked to others about wellness constantly. Now I was facing…
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A New Approach to Autoimmune Disease
“Autoimmune disease” might just sound like a strange combination of words, but every day it becomes more and more relevant to our health. Fifty million Americans have one or more autoimmune diseases, and that number is rising. An autoimmune disease occurs when the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues, and this can lead to a…
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Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention
An estimated 330,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in American women this year. This is a scary statistic, but an important one to be aware of. Through conscious lifestyle choices, you can reduce your risk for breast cancer, while reducing your risk for other chronic diseases as well. Though there’s…
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Improve Your Cellular Age
Our bodies are meant to age, they change with each passing year and we may notice both internal and external signs that things aren’t working the way they used to. But, it’s important to note, that though aging is a natural process, many aspects of our modern world can unnecessarily accelerate the process and lead…
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Natural Remedies for Healthy Blood Pressure
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can sneak up on someone; even those who are seemingly healthy otherwise. In fact, new research shows that almost half of all Americans—a staggering 46%—are now categorized as having hypertension, while that number used to be closer to 38%. This means a huge portion of the population is at an…
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Stop Drinking Your Calories!
It’s the afternoon, you’ve had a long day, and you’re looking for a pick-me-up. You go into your favorite coffee shop for a drink, and the next thing you know, you have consumed 200-300 calories. Depending on your age and activity level, this may be 20% of the calories that your body needs in a…